Garment



P. HALPERN Jan. 15, 1935.

GARMENT Filed Aug. 19, 1933 I NVENTOR.

girdle-like manner.

Patented Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August19,

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in garments, and has amongits objects the provision of a yielding band on the garment that isadapted to snugly embrace the waist of the wearer in a It isparticularly proposed to fashion the band from suitable stretchablepiece material, such as jersey, the band being provided with tuckstherein giving additional elastic effect to the band. These tucks arearranged to extend lengthwise of the garment, and enhance the generaldesign of the garment.

It will be understood as the specification proceeds that a similar bandmay be provided around any body receiving opening, as for example, thelower end of the sleeve, and I do not wish to confine the application ofmy invention to a waistband alone. The tucks may be either of theinverted or external type, the natures of which will be set forthhereinafter.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference should be had tothe accompanying drawing, forming part of this application, in which:

Figure l is an illustration of a waist or blouse showing my inventionembodied therein;

Figure 2 an enlarged view of a portion of the waist band disclosed inthe preceding view;

Figure 3 a fragmentary perspective view of the band, the upper edge ofwhich is cut by a plane indicated by the line 33 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 an enlarged section through an inverted tuck;

Figure 5 an illustration of the waistband of Figure l on an enlargedscale, and taken from the interior of the garment;

Figure 6 a modified garment provided with external tucks; and

Figure '7 a sectional view through the waistband of the modified form,the same being shown in perspective.

Although I have shown only the preferred forms of my invention, itshould be understood that various changes or modifications may be madeWithin the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spiritof the invention.

In carrying out my invention into practice, I provide a garmentindicated generally at 1, having a body portion 2 terminating at theopened bottom 3 thereof with a waistband 4 adapted to encircle the waistof the wearer. This waistband is preferably made from yielding orstretchable piece material, such as jersey, and is dimensioned to snuglyembrace the wearer in the man- 1933, Serial No. 685,801

ner similar to that of a girdle so that the lower part of the garment isfirmly held in position.

It will be noted that the lower section of the garment is turned backupon itself to define a hem 5 as will be apparent by reference to Figure5. In the first form shown, the waistband is fashioned with invertedtucks 6 that are arranged at spaced intervals along the circumferentiallength of the hand. These tucks may be spaced at any desired distanceapart, and are 10 usually spaced from one-eighth of an inch toapproximately one and one-half inches; and may be of any length that thedesigner wishes to make them, such as from one to eight inches. Thetuclrs are illustrated in Figure l as being equidistantly spaced. Thetucks are formed from the piece material during the making of thegarment by stitching indicated at 7.

As previously mentioned, the material in the band is of a yieldingcharacter, and the material in the tucks give added material, so thatthe waistband maybe stretched considerably, but will always contract toembrace the waist of the wearer.

The cufis 8 of the garment may also be formed from the same or similarmaterial with tucks 9 therein, and the sleeves may be of any desiredlength, or in fact the garment may be sleeveless within the scope of theinvention.

Referring now to the modified form shown in Figures 6 and 7, it is to benoted that the garment is provided with a waistband that is much thesame as the band in the first form, excepting that the tucks are formedof the external type, the tucks being designated by the numeral 10.External tucks are formed on the outer surface of the garment, while theinverted tucks are presented on the inner surface thereof.

The modified form also illustrates tucks 11 along the bottom of theshort sleeves 12, and the collar 13 is further shown with tucks therein.

Having thus described the garments, the use thereof may be readilyunderstood. The garments are worn in the usual manner, and during itsapplication the waistbands may be stretched, but they will returnimmediately to engage the wearers waist. The yielding band has a girdleeffect upon the wearer, and acts to hold the lower section of thegarments in place relative to the wearers body.

Moreover, the waistbands that I have shown may form the belt portionaround the top of a skirt within the meaning of the appended claim, andI do not wish to be restricted to any particu lar type of a tuck orgarment, the drawing to be used herein only as a means of showing twoembodiments.

Having thus described. my invention and the operation thereof, what Idesire to secure by 5 United States Letters Patent is:

In a garment made from flat piece material, a waist-band formed from thesame piece of material as the body of the garment and integraltherewith, the lower section of the band being turned back upon itselfto define a double thickness hem, the band having tucks in boththicknesses thereof which extend lengthwise of the garment andpermanently stitched therein by stitching extending down the gathers ofthe tucks.

PHILIP HALPERN.

